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The 6th Nitrate Picture Show
The world’s first festival of film conservation, returns for its sixth year with screenings, lectures, workshops, and more.
Special Displays
Dutch Connection
Friday, February 14–Sunday, March 1, 2020, All Day
Thousands of blooms fill George Eastman’s Conservatory and Palm House with the sights and scents of spring in this annual display.
Eastman Entertains: At the Movies
Tuesday, May 5–Sunday, May 24, 2020, All Day
Eastman Entertains: At the Movies, an array of beautiful table settings, creatively themed tabletops, and lush floral arrangements, returns to the George Eastman Museum.
Upcoming Exhibitions
James Welling: Choreograph
July 10, 2020–January 24, 2021
“By choosing to use ‘choreograph,’ drawing with space, as a noun, I am noting its similarity to ‘photograph,’ drawing with light.” — James Welling
History of Photography
Commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification, which granted American women the right to vote, this installation examines how photography has portrayed, and fundamentally shaped, perceptions of women and feminist movements since the mid-1800s.
Gathering Clouds: Photographs from the Nineteenth Century and Today
July 10, 2020–January 3, 2021
From photography’s beginnings, clouds had been central to aesthetic and technological debates in photographic circles. Moreover, they featured in discussions about the nature of the medium itself.